For my entire adult life, I've listened to self-described "constitutional" conservatives strut around like God's gift to the nation's conscience, as they lecture everyone on the importance of upholding the original intent of America's founding document. They've been oddly silent as Donald Trump's administration directly assaults the Constitution. He's not the first one to do it, but he is doing so more brazenly than others.
Even if some "whataboutism" is appropriate, wouldn't it be more consistent for conservatives to criticize these assaults just as they criticized previous assaults under Joe Biden and Barack Obama? Cheering—or remaining silent—as ICE agents arrest those who photograph them (First Amendment), carry out warrantless searches (Fourth Amendment), and ignore the directives of governors (10th Amendment) is the definition of hypocrisy.
